Music Numbers
If English isn't your first language, you may want to make your own
version in your language.
And warning: These two methods can't be use simultaneously by one
person...
I think...

Chromatic Note Numbers:

When
singing scales, rather than using Solfage
(the Do Re Mi thing, which I've never really dug), I just sing the
numbers one to seven for the major scale notes (with Seven shortened to
Sen) and I name the non-major scale notes (the black notes in C major)
to fit inbetween, thus a chromatic scale is: One, Woo, Two, Tee, Three,
Four, Far, Five, Fix, Six, Sin, Sen. It really helps! What's more,
"Far" is as far from One as you get and "Sin" is the note that defines
jazz.... how appropriate!
It also means that you don't need to refer to Woo as "sharp one" or
"flat two"... it's all perfectly enharmonic.
Thus:
Whole tone scale: "One, Two, Three, Far, Fix, Sin, One"
Blues scale: "One, Tee, Four, Far, Five, Sin, One"
Pash Crush Scale: "One, Woo, Three, Far, Five, Fix, Sen, One"

When singing modes, you choose whether you wish to refer to One as the
starting note or the key: For example, a dorian minor could be either:
"One, Two, Tee, Four, Five, Six, Sin, One"
or
"Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Sen, One, Two"

I say the number and whisper or mouth the rest of it, allowing me to
breathe.
Beyond 7, I say the grouping: If 8 is 4-4, then it's
"Eight-ee-n-a-fr-ee-n-a". And 9 could be 3-3-3
"Na-in-a-three-n-a-three-n-a", 2-2-2-3 "Nine-a-two-a-two-a-three-n-a"
etc. 7, 6 and 5 could also be done in such a way, but that would be
harder on the tongue.
For American or Irish accents
(who pronounce the "r" at the ends of words), "Fire" needs to be said
as "Fyah".

Let it sink into both your subconscious and your tongue's muscle
memory, which will
allow the gear shifts in your brain. And don't forget to use finger
counting, airdrumming, foot tapping/stepping, body percussion, dancing
etc to cement it all.

Thanks to Tania Bosak and Stephen Taberner for helping me to refine my
thoughts on all this... onya!